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October 16, 2020
Senior care homes worldwide have been impacted heavily by COVID-19, including an increased demand for consistent and timely resident family engagement. In the U.S., the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) introduced a man- date that, in the event of a suspected positive case of the virus within a nursing facility, operators must notify…
October 16, 2020
Like most hospitality and leisure businesses, the Celtic Manor Resort had to close its main operations to the public in March, in compliance with the coronavirus social distancing measures put in place by the UK government. How long those restrictions would remain in place was not known. Fortunately, management was able to create a new…
October 16, 2020
While COVID-19 disrupted many things this Quarter, one thing that hasn’t changed is the importance of digital marketing. For example, industry reports suggest that with more time on some people’s hands, the engagement with mobile applications and digital and social content has increased 20% during the pandemic. This sort of shift has been under way…
October 16, 2020
The shift to remote work over the past months has meant that ensuring a high-quality, highly reliable user experience from extended corporate infrastructure and applications has become more critical than ever. And for many businesses, these demands are not expected to be temporary — they will continue in a post-pandemic world. As such, Martello has…
October 16, 2020
COVID-19 brought about unexpected, dramatic, and in some cases complex problems and changes. It also created an environment for reflection. The challenges now faced are not just economic, but social as well. We have been reminded that we are all connected in many ways, and that the things we do or the things we make…
October 16, 2020
As COVID-19 began affecting businesses around the world, many responded with new strategies that took them and their products into new industries and markets. Ottawa-based Teldio is another such company. Most Teldio customers are Fortune-1000 corporations, running private radio and data networks at locations that sometimes have no IT staff, no Internet connection and no…
October 16, 2020
This Quarter, UK-based Talkative saw an opportunity to adjust some business and marketing strategies as their target market of call centers was disrupted like so many others. From the start, the company has been positioned as a holistic website communications provider, with live chat as a flagship feature. More and more customers have been recognizing…
October 16, 2020
This Quarter saw Alacrity Turkey company Pisano secure another US$2.5M in external investment, coming from lead investor Elevator Ventures (EV). The partnership with EV goes back to 2018, when Pisano management met a team from Elevator Ventures parent company RBI, one of the largest banks in Central and Eastern Europe, at an event in London…
October 16, 2020
As one would expect, operations at Wesley Clover Parks were impacted significantly over the last Quarter, given the social, event-centric nature of the Park. That said, there were still a number of noteworthy developments that deserve to be shared: CAMP With travel restrictions in place, the team set their sights on offering a shortened camping…
October 16, 2020
The Quarter brought with it new challenges as well as new opportunities for L-SPARK. Many start-ups in the ecosystem struggled over the period, but as you have read, many also were able to adapt and move ahead perhaps in ways not previously planned for. The team at L-SPARK needed to make some adjustments of their…
